Author Archives: Audrey Kunin, MD

Years after outgrowing adolescent acne, the aftermath acne scars - persist. Advances in acne therapy and dermatologic surgery have made it unnecessary for acne patients, both current and past to endure acne scarring. [...]

Knowing how and why acne forms and the role that so many effective oral medications play is indispensible in really understanding acne. That leaves topical therapy, appropriate skin care, the latest Sci-Fi treatments and exciting new developments for us to discuss. [...]

The Good, The Bad & The Oily
Anyone struggling with greasy, shiny, oily skin might argue that the mere existence of sebum (the medical term for skin oils) is a curse. Yet Mother Nature intended for it to serve a beneficial purpose.
The source of all the trouble is the microscopic sebaceous glan [...]

Porefection
Concern with pore size is practically a national obsession. No doubt this is provoked by inescapable multimedia images of glamorous faces airbrushed to impossibly unattainable perfection and High Def TV. This skewed perception of how skin should look is as realistic as the Barbie doll's [...]